Analysis of The True Meaning
My ancestors were all very simple men,
so I could be more than that
They taught me early and taught me true
what was special—and then to give back
These fathers now sit at my spiritual feast,
true giants of a forthcoming age
And as I write down the words, I am reminded again
—of the true meaning of being a Sage
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | AX XX XB AB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100110101 1111111 111100111 111001111 110111110001 110101101 01111011101001 1011011001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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